JJRR Ep24 Moving to Kathmandu - Outsourcing artificial intelligence - with Mark Sears
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Release Date: 03/01/2018
JJRR 112 It's 2024! - Finishing Strong - Finding a Second Wind - with JimJim
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#finishstrong #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #magicmind #podfestexpo It’s 2024! JimJim kicks the year off exploring what it takes to finish strong and gain that second wind. Listen to JJRR 112 as JimJim reviews his “full on” 2023 and how 2024 is starting off slower and hopefully more intentional. Listen to the end for Sully’s story of having dreamed of being a musician his whole life, recently learned a new instrument in his 70’s and is out in the clubs jamming. Now that’s finishing strong. 1. Recommit to your goal. Review your list of yearly...
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JJRR 111 MGS goes global - Architect your life with podcasting - From karaoke to backup singer - with Aya Shlachter
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#mgsglobalgroup #podcasting #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #polarplunge Aya Shlachter, founder of the newly christened MGS Global Group, returns to JJRR to talk podcasting, backup singing and polar plunging: what!? Listen to JJRR 111 as Aya shares how the pandemic surprisingly spawned her Architect My Life podcast brand and jumpstarted her singing career. Going all in on both, she’s built out an in-house social media content team and recently made her professional backup singing debut. Listen to the end to hear about Aya’s latest plunge into new waters:...
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JJRR 110 Reinventing events with Greyt Culture - Why Tommy loves soup - with Thomas Fox
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#thatsgreyt #greytculture #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #cleveland Thomas Fox is a multi-disciplinary creative whose passion runs through the arts, technology, and entrepreneurship. Listen to JJRR 110 as Thomas describes how founding Greyt Culture, an arts collective, serves as the umbrella organization for his creative approach to event production. Producing destination based events Greyt Big Talks and Golden Hour, Thomas has dovetailed his passions with community, creating non-traditional networking / tech talk / music experiences allowing for organic creative...
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JJRR 109 Customer service to tech founder - Augmented reality for connection IRL - UON the app - with Luis Contreras
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#augmentedreality #Uonapp #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #socialmedia Luis Contreras has two big passions in life: people and technology. Since falling in love with customer service as his profession, Luis has been on a mission to enhance experiences where moments matter. Listen to JJRR 109 as Luis describes how his journey starting out as a shuttle driver led him to exploring a new path for augmented reality and social media. Now the founder UON, Luis is developing a new platform levering AR for practical IRL (in real life) applications such as way finding, dating,...
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JJRR 108 Re-tourism in Thailand - Guesting on the Bangkok Podcast - New! Magic Mind collab - with JimJim
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#bangkokpodcast #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #travel #tourism On this episode the tables turn as JimJim guests on the Bangkok Podcast. Listen to JJRR 108 as Ed, co-host of the Bangkok Podcast (and JimJim’s longtime friend) and JimJim sit down at the Millenium Hilton in Bangkok to explore the idea of re-tourism. Recorded in February 2023, hear about JJ’s first visit to Thailand over 20 yrs ago when elephants walked the streets of Bankgok, why he returned 14 yrs later, and why he continues to return. Also, check the show notes for $20 off Magic Mind. 05:40s...
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JJRR 107 Discovering AI in Hollywood - Storytelling with ChatGPT - Power of storytelling IRL - with Richard Rosser
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Richard Rosser is a filmmaker, author, and educator whose passion for helping others communicate through story has led him to exploring business consulting and artificial intelligence. Listen to JJRR 107 as Richard describes the moment he discovered ChatGPT4 and how he knew a new story was unfolding for Hollywood and us all. Recently incorporating AI as a collaborative tool for his work, Richard has found a quick audience training others how to incorporate AI / ChatGPT4 into their workflows. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006930/ 06:02s Being a professional storyteller...
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JJRR 106 What is Angel Investing? - JimJim's AI journey - Venture capital diversity in Israel - with JimJim
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#angelinvesting #telaviv #jimjimsreinventionrevolution It’s time to talk angel investing as JimJim shares for the first time his angel investing journey, including insights from his recent trip to Tel Aviv, Israel, the world’s startup nation. Listen to JJRR 106 as JimJim describes the origins of angel investing and how investors bring the “kiss of life” to startups. Find out how and why JimJim started angel investing and then take a deep dive into Tel Aviv’s diverse venture capital scene as JimJim shares his thoughts on the firms and organizations he recently had the...
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JJRR 105 The Future of Nursing - Transforming Healthcare - Israel and Innovation - with Melissa Cole
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#nursing #innovation #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #israel Melissa Cole is a nurse and visionary leader on a mission to transform healthcare through nursing. Listen to JJRR 105 as Melissa shares why she left her executive hospital position to lead a new university nursing program. Recruited back to school for her Doctorate in Nursing Practice, Melissa is driving a new vision for nursing education including: entrepreneurship, professional development and self-care training. And coming off an immersive trip to Israel, the “startup nation,” Melissa is poised kick off...
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JJRR 104 Firefighter turned Therapist, Coach and Mentor - Three careers in three years - with Vin Infante
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#Vininfante #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #firefighter #lifecoach Vin Infante is a former firefighter who’s passionate about helping others as he develops himself. Listen to JJRR 104 as Vin describes how living out his two childhood dream careers left him wanting and how his recent pivot into entrepreneurship as a therapist, mentor and life coach has become fulfilling as it is fruitful. Listen to Vin describe how he “burned the boats,” pursuing three careers in three years realizing that running his own business was the best way for him to build his career and serve...
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JJRR 103 14 Days in Beijing (jail!) - Becoming an author / publisher - Embracing accountability - with Chancellor K Jackson
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#jimjimsreinventionrevolution #chancellorkjackson #beijing #amazonkindle Chancellor K Jackson is an unlikely author and founder of his new publishing company Koreleh. Listen to JJRR 103 as Chance, a native of Atlanta, GA, found himself spending an unwanted 14 days in a Chinese jail and how that experience spawned his first book, 14 Days in Beijing. An overnight best seller on Amazon, Chance has parlayed his success and experience to help others document their stories by focusing on what he calls the “Kore” of writing, an intentional voice. Embracing...
info_outlineDid you ever go on vacation and never want to come back? Mark Sears is the founder and CEO of Cloudfactory, a tech savvy outsourcing company he started after he extended a planned two week vacation to Nepal with his wife. Really. Listen to episode 24 to hear Mark describe why he stayed to teach Ruby-on-Rails and how now his company provides a "cloud labor" force that is supporting many new artificial intelligence applications and the arms race of self driving cars. #Kathmandu #Nepal #durhamnc #selfdrivingcars
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03:40s Are we all going to lose our jobs? The future of work
05:42s Speed of change and how it’s affecting job functions
07:55s Machine learning, supervised learning and unsupervised learning
10:32s The human labor component behind artificial intelligence for supervised learning
16:20s Traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal; staying and starting Cloudfactory
19:47s Learning Nepali’s leave their country for two years at a time for opportunity
20:45s Extending a vacation, and teaching Ruby on Rails
23:50s Starting Cloudfactory to offer a tech savvy, outsourced labor service
28:08s Cloudfactory use cases - artificial intelligence work streams
33:02s The arms race of creating training data for self-driving cars
35:25s Cloudfactory mission of creating meaningful work and fostering innovation
38:35s Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not
41:30s Expanding internet access and the next decade of work, a flattening world
48:15s Continued reinvention with traveling: living / working in different countries
“Work is about to be completely disrupted, but it’s just changing. It’s certainly not a matter of there being nothing left for us to do. It’s an opportunity for us to continue working on higher order things”
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